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BBVA: the Latin American union coordination denounces offenses to union right in the Colombian and Paraguayan units
Union representatives from Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Spain, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay met in Madrid in the name of the Latin American union coordination of BBVA (BBVA CSLA), which has gathered...
16 June 2008
Netherlands: two-week paternity leave
The debate is hardening around the introduction of the two-week paternity leave, presented in Parliament on May 12 by the Groenlinks Green Party, with the support of the Socialist Party (SP) and...
16 June 2008
Italy: renewal of agency workers’ national collective convention
The employers' association of temporary work (Assolavoro) and the organizations representing precarious workers (Alai-Cisl, Nidil-Cgil, Uil-Cpo), have just concluded an agreement renewing the...
16 June 2008
EU: labor costs rise fast
Hourly labor cost has been increasing since the beginning of 2007, with a 4.3% annual rise up to the first quarter of 2008, compared with 2.9% for the previous quarter. Most new EU Member States...
13 June 2008
Germany: Celesio Group commits to promote diversity
The group Celesio AG, one of the two European leaders in pharmaceutical distribution, signed, on June 10, 2008, the "Charter on diversity in German companies" (see link below). With this document...
13 June 2008
Germany: last meeting of Nokia-Bochum’s EWC to inform employees about the social plan
The Nokia-Bochum factory will officially close on June 30, 2008. However, the 2.300 employees already stopped working since May 16 and attended their last General Assembly on June 6. The works...
12 June 2008
International: the ILO takes up the arms against unionists’ murders in Colombia
The annual conference of the International Labor Organization led to an indictment of violence against union movements in Colombia, where 26 staff representatives were killed since the beginning...
12 June 2008
Italy : upsurge in the consumption of drugs in the workplace
“The plant is no longer a community, a place with an identity. Young workers still share the same working conditions, but it is easier for them to get together to sniff cocaine rather than...
12 June 2008
France: decree to complete the transposition of the framework directive on occupational safety
In a ruling of June 5, the CJEC condemned France for failure to fully transpose Directive 89/391 known as framework Directive on health and safety at work. French law is blamed for excluding some...
12 June 2008
Germany: Ver.di calls for an 8% wage increase and job security in the banking sector
On the eve of the opening of the wage negotiations in the banking sector, on June 19, the commission for collective agreements of the German services union revealed its requirements. Ver.di wants...
12 June 2008
Italy: Telecom Italia trade unions mobilized against the restructuring plan
On June 10, in Rome, the National Assembly of Telecom Italia's unions voted the total suspension of industrial relations, the cessation of overtime, and a national strike on July 4 in response to...
12 June 2008
Germany: Lufthansa faced with an imbroglio of claims from different trades
Lufthansa is facing two major wage conflicts. Ver.di, the services' union, claims for a 9.8% wage increase for the approximately 60.000 ground and cabin staff and threatened to start a strike if...
11 June 2008
EU: the working time and temporary work draft directives as adopted by the Council of Ministers
After a commentary in article N° 080843, we are now publishing the texts, in English, of the consolidated compromises for which EU Labor Ministers signed a political agreement at the EU Council of...
11 June 2008
Great Britain: consultation to allow risk sharing pension schemes
Employees and employers sharing investment risks for more balanced pension schemes : this is the topic of the consultation launched by the government on June 5. This reform could make the burden...
11 June 2008
Corporate practices : the Finnish firm Itela Oy and the employment of immigrant workers
Itela Oy records sales of 1.688 billion €, mainly in postal services (51% of sales), logistics (36%) and the information sector, particularly the electronic processing of documents and invoices...
11 June 2008
Italy: national cross-industry agreement on stress at work
With this national cross-industry agreement, the Italian social partners implement the voluntary agreement signed in 2004 by the European social partners to combat stress at work. (Ref. 080494)
11 June 2008
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026
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France: bioMérieux strengthens its end-of-career support measures
The news. In vitro diagnostic specialist bioMérieux (4,400 employees in France) and unions CFDT, CFE-CGC, and CGT signed a new agreement on June 18, 2026, dedicated to end-of-career...
10 September 2026